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Can a "Psychosocial Model" Help Explain Violence Perpetrated by Female Batterers?
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Ferreira, Regardt J.; Buttell, Frederick P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the psychosocial predictors of propensity for abusiveness among a large sample of women ordered into a 26-week batterer intervention program (BIP). Method: The study employed a nonequivalent, control group design (comparing program completers to dropouts) in a secondary analysis of 485 women.…
Descriptors: Females, Family Violence, Dropouts, Predictor Variables
An Evaluation of a Court-Mandated Batterer Intervention Program: Investigating Differential Program Effect for African American and White Women
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Carney, Michelle Mohr; Buttell, Frederick P. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objective: The purpose of this study is to (a) evaluate a 16-week batterer intervention program by investigating changes in psychological variables related to abuse between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments in a sample of women involuntarily placed in treatment and (b) to investigate the differential effectiveness of this same batterer…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Violence, Females, Academic Achievement
A Large Sample Evaluation of a Court-Mandated Batterer Intervention Program: Investigating Differential Program Effect for African American and Caucasian Men
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Buttell, Frederick P.; Carney, Michelle Mohr – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to (a) evaluate a 26-week batterer intervention program by investigating changes in psychological variables related to abuse (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, alcohol use, drug use, and stress coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments in a large sample of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Violence, Drug Use, Drinking
A Multidimensional Assessment of a Batterer Treatment Program: An Alert to a Problem?
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Buttell, Frederick P.; Carney, Michelle M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2004
This study's goals were to (a) evaluate a batterer intervention program by investigating changes in psychological variables related to abuse (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, substance use, and coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments of men involuntarily placed in treatment and (b) investigate the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Whites, Social Work, Family Violence